Genetic Engineering of Vegetable Crops (eBook)

Pritam Kalia (Herausgeber)

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2024
448 Seiten
CABI (Verlag)
978-1-80062-712-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Genetic engineering is a wonderful technology for developing improved cultivars which are resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses, have enhanced nutritional value, and improved shelf life. This book discusses the progress made in genetic improvement of a number of different vegetable crops.

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Conventional plant breeding alone can no longer sustain the rising global demand for food. Genetic engineering technology makes it possible to develop new crop varieties with improved yield performance, specific quality attributes (external and internal in vegetable crops), resistance to diseases and insect pests, and environmental stresses. Genetic engineering technology for developing GM crops is complementary to genome editing and other breeding technologies. In addition to food requirements, transgenic crops have the possibility to carry edible vaccines and therapeutic proteins, to help combat human disease and malnutrition.

This book reviews the importance and safety of transgenic vegetable crops and covers a wide variety of crops and different technologies. It includes:

Genetic engineering in tomato, eggplant, peppers, amaranth, cauliflower, carrot, cucurbits, potato, tropical tubers and melons.
Transgenic resistance to viral diseases.
Embryogenic cell suspension culture.
Genome editing and CRISPR/Cas9.
Molecular techniques for biofortification.
RNAi strategies for vegetable crop improvement.
Designing futuristic vegetable crop varieties.

This book is suitable for researchers in horticulture, plant science, and agricultural biotechnology as well as practitioners in vegetable breeding and seed production.

Autor

Pritam Kalia is Former Head, Professor and Emeritus Scientist, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. He has 37 years of experience in teaching, research and extension serving in various capacities. He has published over 110 research publications in national and international journals, and been involved with 11 books.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.12.2024
• Reihe/Serie: CABI Biotechnology Series
• Co-Autor: Donata Arena, Suresh H. Antre, Rehna Augustine, S. Backiyarani, Nikita Balyan, Rafal Baranski, Satyaprakash Barik, D. R. Bhardwaj, Vinay Bhardwaj, S.K. Chakrabarti, Supriya Chakraborty, Branca Ferdinando, Megha Ganachari, P.H. Ramanjini Gowda, Rasmieh Hamid, Vageeshbabu S. Hanura, Feba Jacob, A. Jeevalatha, Anjala K, Varsha K, S. Kalpana, Ashish Kaushal, Magdalena Klimek-Chodacka, Manoj Kumar, Polumetla Ananda Kumar, Ravinder Kumar, Aneta Lukasiewicz, DC Lakshamanareddy, T Makeshkumar, M. Malavika, Manisha Mangal, Deepu Mathew, Pallavi Mishra, Upsana Mohapatra, N. Nagesha, T.M. Ningaraju, Saurabh Pandey, Naresh Ponnam, K N Poornima, Roshini Pydi, Manoj Prasad, K. V. Ravishankar, K. Madhavi Reddy, A. T. Sadashiva, Vidya Sagar, Koushik Saha, B.G. Sangeetha, Sanjay Sathian, K.M Senthilkumar, Sanjeev Sharma, M.N. Sheela, H.K. Shreyas, B.P. Singh, Arpita Srivastav, S Sundaresha, KRM Swamy, Kamil Szymonik, Brindha T. M, Arun TS, Jagesh K. Tiwari, Shailesh K Tiwari, Simone Treccarichi, S. Uma, Priti Upadhyay, T R Usharani, B. Varalakshmi, Suresh Ready Yerasu, Sneha Yogindran, R. Karthic
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: biofortification vegetable crops • biotechnology vegetable crops • CRISPR and vegetable crops • edible vaccines vegetable crops • Embryogenic cell suspension culture vegetable crops • genome editing vegetable crops • genomics and vegetable crops • molecular breeding vegetable crops • therapeutic proteins vegetable crops • transgenic crops • vegetable crop improvement
• ISBN-10: 1-80062-712-2 / 1800627122
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80062-712-3 / 9781800627123